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Lord, Robert Needham : Literary and personal papers

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Reference NumberARC-0242CreatorLord, Robert Needham, 1945-1992DescriptionThe collection includes scripts of plays, short stories, novel outlines, television and movie scripts and other miscellaneous writing by Robert Lord. Some scripts include several different versions as Lord made many alterations to his work (occasionally there are duplicates which were donated with different parts of the collection). There are also some personal papers, diaries, correspondence, financial records and photographs. There are scrapbooks, some possibly collated by Lord's family, with newspaper clippings, programmes and photographs relating to his career. There are many programmes and posters for performances of Lord's plays. The collection also includes papers of G.J. Garland, Lord's great grandfather, including an autobiography which focuses on his life in colonial Auckland, and his research on New Zealand birds. There are plays by other authors, including G. Stuart Garland and contributors to a Dunedin Playwrights' Workshop organised by Lord. Miscellaneous items include a collection of 1930s love letters, Lord's typewriter, and various other items.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyRobert Lord was a New Zealand writer, who also lived for some years in New York. He was born in Rotorua in 1945 and grew up in Hamilton and Invercargill. He completed a BA at Victoria University and trained to be a teacher. In 1969 he won the Katherine Mansfield Young Writers' Award. In 1971 his first full length play ('It isn't cricket') premiered at Downstage Theatre, Wellington. His plays have been performed in New Zealand and in the United States, Canada, England and Australia. He has also written for film and television. Among his best known works are 'Well hung', 'Bert and Maisy' (later made into a television series) and 'Joyful and triumphant'. He was Burns Fellow at the University of Otago in 1987. He died in Dunedin in 1992, leaving his house in trust for other writers.

Photograph

Downstage Theatre production of 'Meeting Place'

Alice Fraser, Downstage Theatre production of 'Heroes and butterflies'

Man with glasses sitting cross-legged under angel figure, Downstage Theatre production of 'Heroes and butterflies'

Young woman and older man, Downstage Theatre production of 'Heroes and butterflies'

'I thought she was going to wet herself' from 'Bert and Maisy'

Robert Lord on sofa

Robert Lord and another man sitting on the deck of a house

Young girl sitting on a hay bale, next to a bucket

Television and bookcase at Robert Lord's house

Robert Lord's house at 3 Titan Street

Coal range at Robert Lord's house, 3 Titan Street

Robert Lord (left front)

Man in front of transatlantic tower

Robert Lord at Golden Gate Bridge

Bookshelf, chair in Robert Lord's apartment, 250 West 85th St, New York

Roger Hall and Robert Lord, Central Park, New York

Desk, computer in Robert's apartment

Robert Lord

Ephemera

Flyer for 'Bert and Maisy', Fortune Theatre

Poster for 'Bert and Maisy', Stables Theatre

Poster for 'Glorious Ruins', Circa Theatre

Robert Lord on sofa

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